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CONCORD, N.C. – Dec. 7, 2016 – DIRTcar Racing, in conjunction with Hoosier Racing Tire, today announced that DIRTcar UMP Modified division drivers will have an improved tread pattern, renamed compounds, and less siping to do in the 2017 season. After three years of field testing, DIRTcar and Hoosier officials are pleased to release redesigned versions of the current A40S and H40 compounded tires. The new M-30S and M-60 tire ...

Wheatland, Missouri (December 6, 2016) – The flat, half-mile asphalt oval where so many memories were made is long gone. But when Mark Martin returns to the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds in Springfield on Jan. 7, memories are sure to come flooding back. “Man, it’s going to be really cool. I’m pumped up about it,” Martin said of his upcoming induction into the Ozarks Area Racers Foundation Hall of Fame. Just ...

December 6, 2016, St. Louis Region – Chris Blair, Gateway Motorsports Park’s Executive Vice President & General Manager, issued a statement today regarding the December 15-17 VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. “As a clarification, Gateway Motorsports Park — the home of NHRA, NASCAR and INDYCAR in the St. Louis region — is not associated with the promotion and production of next ...

CMS Public Relations December 2, 2016 (Warrensburg, MO) Since 1994, Central Missouri Speedway (CMS) owners and promoters Earl and Susan Walls have opened the gates of their speedway to a total of 1,774 drivers. Beginning in April 2017, another year of competition will commence at the beloved track featuring Pure Stocks, B-Mods, Street Stocks, and Modifieds and for the first time-ever as a weekly racing car class, Mod-Lites will join ...

Wheatland, Missouri (November 16, 2016) – For Tim Brown, his October win in the Big Buck 50 Street Stock Special Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt is the victory that keeps on giving. Not only did the veteran Stoutland, Missouri, driver earn $5,000 when he defeated 92 other Street Stock drivers at Lucas Oil Speedway, he earned a free entry – valued at nearly $3,000 – in the Whitetail Trophy Hunt. ...

Wheatland, Missouri (November 3, 2016) – The Inaugural Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series event next July highlights the tentative Lucas Oil Speedway 2017 schedule, announced on Thursday by Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Dan Robinson. The new Off Road track, which is under construction southeast of the dirt track, will bring a new form of racing to Lucas Oil Speedway – and to this part of the country – ...

A large number of drivers and teams gathered at the Macon IL Community Center this past Sunday afternoon, October 30, for the annual season ending Halloween Awards Banquet for Macon IL Speedway competitors. Attendees enjoyed a delicious meal provided by Debbie and Larry from Debbie’s Diner with assistance from Bill Morris, Joe Murray, Jim Murray, Butch Snyder, and Pam Long. Drivers in each of Macon’s regular divisions as well as ...

Indy car legend Rick Mears and NASCAR superstar Jeff Gordon helped pace the start of the 2016 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show with an unforgettable appearance at the Show’s Grand Opening Breakfast in the Indiana Convention Center’s Sagamore Ballroom Thursday morning. Hosted by MAVTV’s Dave Despain, this year’s traditional kickoff event featured a lively hour-long talk show-style program with two of the best to ever pilot a race car. ...

Partners Exclusively with The National Center for Drug Free Sport to update Substance Abuse Policy and Manage Testing CONCORD, N.C. – Dec. 8, 2016 – The World of Outlaws announced today an exclusive partnership with The National Center for Drug Free Sport (Drug Free Sport) for a robust drug-testing program to improve the safety of competitors in compliance with a revised World of Outlaws Substance Abuse Policy. “Every major sport ...

The series is scheduled to visit 21 States and one province in the 2017 season CONCORD, N.C.- December 9, 2016 – The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series is set to embark on its 14th season since regrouping in 2004. The national tour – loaded with some of dirt late model racing’s heaviest hitters – will travel 21 states and one Canadian province in 2017. The 2017 series schedule ...

Indy car legend Rick Mears and NASCAR superstar Jeff Gordon helped pace the start of the 2016 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show with an unforgettable appearance at the Show’s Grand Opening Breakfast in the Indiana Convention Center’s Sagamore Ballroom Thursday morning. Hosted by MAVTV’s Dave Despain, this year’s traditional kickoff event featured a lively hour-long talk show-style program with two of the best to ever pilot a race car. ...

CONCORD, N.C. – Dec. 7, 2016 – DIRTcar Racing, in conjunction with Hoosier Racing Tire, today announced that DIRTcar UMP Modified division drivers will have an improved tread pattern, renamed compounds, and less siping to do in the 2017 season. After three years of field testing, DIRTcar and Hoosier officials are pleased to release redesigned versions of the current A40S and H40 compounded tires. The new M-30S and M-60 tire ...

PARK CITY, Kan. (Nov. 5) — Polesitter Rodney Sanders crossed the finish line first in Saturday’s main event, but it was Ryan Gustin who took home the $5,000 Chisholm Trail Showdown winner’s paycheck at the 81 Speedway. Sanders started on the pole and led all 50 laps of the feature race, but after rolling over the scales under the minimum weight ‘The Rocket’ was disqualified and ‘The Reaper’ was awarded ...

A USAC initiative aimed at driver safety was introduced during the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show at the Indiana Convention Center Thursday. The TraceSAFE system will launch in early 2017 and will be implemented in the three USAC National Championship Series: Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint Cars and National Midgets. USAC will supply the TracSAFE equipment to teams at each of the series’ national events throughout the 2017 season. USAC ...

Partners Exclusively with The National Center for Drug Free Sport to update Substance Abuse Policy and Manage Testing CONCORD, N.C. – Dec. 8, 2016 – The World of Outlaws announced today an exclusive partnership with The National Center for Drug Free Sport (Drug Free Sport) for a robust drug-testing program to improve the safety of competitors in compliance with a revised World of Outlaws Substance Abuse Policy. “Every major sport ...

Twenty-seven dates in seven states serve as the ingredients for the 2017 USAC Midget National Championship schedule. Among the events are four distinct tours that make up the bulk of the schedule such as June’s “Indiana Midget Week,” July’s weekend trip to Illinois as well as an August tour of the Heartland of America and “Pennsylvania Midget Week,” which offers a total of eight races in a busy Summer stretch. ...

Two of the most storied dirt tracks in the United States return to the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car calendar in 2017. On June 3, the series invades the legendary half-mile Knoxville Raceway for the first time since 2011. The Saturday night event coincides with National Sprint Car Hall of Fame induction weekend at the Iowa dirt oval. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway, the only venue on this year’s 47-race ...

October 2, 2016Comments Off on Brown Repeats for Second Meents Memorial Victory

Belleville, IL – In an almost identical, cowboy up 30 laps that were similar to his first-career victory four years ago at the 8th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial, Austin Brown claimed the 12th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial for his third career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series victory in front of a hometown crowd at Belle-Clair Speedway. Brown’s Meents Memorial victory was his second win of 2016, with the first ...